Notable deaths in 2004, April thru June

Anthony J. "Tony" Hope, the son of late entertainer Bob Hope and former head of the National Indian Gaming Commission, died on Monday, June 28, 2004, in Washington, D.C. He was 63. In 1986, Tony Hope entered the California congressional race to fill the seat vacated by Rep. Bobbi Fiedler, R-Northridge. He was upset in the primary by little known Simi Valley Mayor Elton Gallegly, who went on to win the general election. Before his congressional bid, Hope had served on two presidential commissions: President Ronald Reagan appointed him to the Grace Commission, which was formed to find waste and fraud in the federal government; and President Gerald Ford appointed him to the Overseas Investment Corp. President Jimmy Carter later named him to the Government Management Improvement Council and President George H.W. Bush appointed him chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, where he served through five years of the Clinton administration.

Anthony J. "Tony" Hope, the son of late entertainer Bob Hope and former head of the National Indian Gaming Commission, died on Monday, June 28, 2004, in Washington, D.C. He was 63. In 1986, Tony Hope entered the California congressional race to fill the seat vacated by Rep. Bobbi Fiedler, R-Northridge. He was upset in the primary by little known Simi Valley Mayor Elton Gallegly, who went on to win the general election. Before his congressional bid, Hope had served on two presidential commissions: President Ronald Reagan appointed him to the Grace Commission, which was formed to find waste and fraud in the federal government; and President Gerald Ford appointed him to the Overseas Investment Corp. President Jimmy Carter later named him to the Government Management Improvement Council and President George H.W. Bush appointed him chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, where he served through five years of the Clinton administration.

Stipe Suvar, a former president of Yugoslavia's Communist Party, died of natural causes at age 68 on Tuesday, June 29, 2004, in Zagreb, Croatia. He entered the public spotlight in 1974 when he was appointed Croatia's secretary for education and culture. At the time, Croatia was a republic within the Yugoslav federation. He continued to extend his power. In 1990, he became Croatia's representative in Yugoslavia's eight-member rotating presidency, in which each member held the top chair for one year. But the Democratic changes that swept Eastern Europe brought multiparty democratic rule to soon-to-be independent Croatia. Suvar was forced to relinquish his seat in Yugoslavia's federal presidency to reformist Stipe Mesic, Croatia's current head of state. He went on to found the tiny Socialist Workers Party. His latest political book, Croatian Carousel, was a best seller in his homeland.

Stipe Suvar, a former president of Yugoslavia's Communist Party, died of natural causes at age 68 on Tuesday, June 29, 2004, in Zagreb, Croatia. He entered the public spotlight in 1974 when he was appointed Croatia's secretary for education and culture. At the time, Croatia was a republic within the Yugoslav federation. He continued to extend his power. In 1990, he became Croatia's representative in Yugoslavia's eight-member rotating presidency, in which each member held the top chair for one year. But the Democratic changes that swept Eastern Europe brought multiparty democratic rule to soon-to-be independent Croatia. Suvar was forced to relinquish his seat in Yugoslavia's federal presidency to reformist Stipe Mesic, Croatia's current head of state. He went on to found the tiny Socialist Workers Party. His latest political book, Croatian Carousel, was a best seller in his homeland. (AP, file)